Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 13:16:22 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ian McArdle <dace AT mackay DOT net DOT au>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Converting old routines - Thanks to everyone who helped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Ian McArdle wrote:

> Actually I got a lot of very similar views from people regarding the
> FAQ. Its acutally pretty good EXCEPT the article on interrupts needs
> to be a little more detailed.

Please be more specific.  What are the missing details in that section
of the FAQ?  If some details aren't explained clearly enough, please
tell which ones, so I could make them better in the next release.

> Thanks also to those people who solved my problems.
> They were all solved except for segread. No one knows how to convert
> this yet.

This issue is explained in section 18.2 on the FAQ.  `segread' is not
mentioned, but after reading that section you should understand that
you don't nead it at all.  What you do need is a way to tell DOS the
segment and offset of the buffer through which you communicate with
the real-mode DOS/BIOS services.  Section 18.2 explains how to do
that.  Depending on your application, section 18.4 might also prove a
useful reading.

> You'd be surprised how many people agreed with me.

I'd like to ask all people who think the FAQ doesn't explain well the
issues relevant to installing interrupt handlers, to post their
comments.  If there's anything in the FAQ that needs fixing, I'd like
to fix that.  If you are silent about this, or tell it in private mail
which isn't cc:'d to me, I cannot possibly guess where should I
improve the FAQ.  So please speak up.